Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner was forced to watch today's first MotoGP test session at Jerez from the pit wall as he continues to recover from a wrist operation.
The former World Champion had an X-ray on the injured scaphoid in Italy yesterday and doctors reckon he will be able to start light training in a couple of weeks.
"Yesterday the doctors told me that everything is going okay with my wrist, now I must wait and see. With the new cast they did yesterday I will be able to start some training on a pushbike so that is positive," said the Aussie.
"In a few days I'll be heading back to Australia and it will be nice to be home for a while. It was a very strange feeling to be watching today instead of riding. This is probably the longest period I've gone without riding a bike at all since I was three years old! I'll definitely have a lot of motivation to get back on track in February.
"It is good to watch the bikes on track together with my engineers and then speak about it with Filippo (Preziosi) and Nicky, to share our feelings and see what we can do to improve our machine for next season."
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